Monica Crumback’s work has appeared in numerous publications including Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers, Hip Mama, and mamaphonic.com.
She lives in Michigan with her husband and daughter. Her use of imagery
in this poem begins with convention and veers off into the unexpected,
taking the the simplicity of a ritual and adding the complexity of a
relationship to it.
Vows
By Monica Crumback
i
will
grow
old
until
a
tattered
bird
curled
in
your
wiry
nest
hatching
eggs
dry
from
my
mouth
tell
me
would
you
grow
old
too (?)
